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Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 05, 2007
Applicants:

Georgann S. Grunebach, Norco, CA (US);

Kevin G. Mierzwa, Sylvan Lake, MI (US);

Jorge H. Guzman, Gaithersburg, MD (US);

Inventors:

Georgann S. Grunebach, Norco, CA (US);

Kevin G. Mierzwa, Sylvan Lake, MI (US);

Jorge H. Guzman, Gaithersburg, MD (US);

Assignee:

The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 24/00 (2009.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/26 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/022 (2013.01); H04L 67/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A mobile wireless system includes a transmitter such as a satellite that broadcasts wireless signals such as boundaries for specific areas to a mobile receiving device. Mobile receiving device may include an antenna and a mobile receiving device. A locating receiver is used to generate locating signals so that a determination may be made to the location of the mobile receiving device. When the mobile receiving device approaches the boundary of the designated marketing area, a warning is generated.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Grunebach, Georgann. (2015). Method and apparatus for warning a mobile user approaching a boundary of an area of interest (U.S. Patent No. 8971926). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8971926

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